MGIC Investment (MTG) 10-Q2022 Q2 Quarterly report

Adjustable rate mortgages

Asset-backed securities

Accounting Standards Codification

Assets, as designated under the PMIERs, that are readily available to pay claims, and include the most liquid investments

A group of loans insured in a particular calendar year

Borrower-paid mortgage insurance

Current expected credit losses covered under ASC 326

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Collateralized loan obligations

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

An outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, later named COVID-19, that has spread globally, causing significant adverse effects on populations and economies. The outbreak of COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and a national emergency in the United States in March 2020

Credit risk transfer. The transfer of a portion of mortgage credit risk to the private sector through different forms of transactions and structures

Deferred insurance policy acquisition costs

The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of a borrower’s total debt payments to gross income

Unaffiliated special purpose insurers domiciled in Bermuda that participate in our aggregate excess of loss reinsurance transactions.

Excess-of-loss reinsurance transactions with the Home Re Entities

Homeowners Protection Act

Housing and Urban Development

Loss reserves established on loans we estimate are delinquent, but for which the delinquency has not been reported to us

Insurance in force, which for loans insured by us, is equal to the unpaid principal balance, as reported to us

Insurance-linked notes

Loss adjustment expenses, which includes the costs of settling claims, including legal and other expenses and general expenses of administering the claims settlement process.

The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the dollar amount of the first mortgage loan to the value of the property at the time the loan became insured and does not reflect subsequent housing price appreciation or depreciation. Subordinate mortgages may also be present.

Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin

Other than temporary impairment

The percentage of our insurance remaining in force from one year prior

Private Mortgage Insurance (as an industry or product type)

Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements issued by each of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to set forth requirements that an approved insurer must meet and maintain to provide mortgage guaranty insurance on loans delivered to or acquired by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable.

A delinquent loan reported to us prior to the second quarter of 2020.

The ratio of premium earned divided by the average IIF outstanding for the period measured

The contractual rate charged for coverage under our insurance policies

Insurance that provides mortgage default protection on individual loans. Primary insurance may be written on a "flow" basis, in which loans are insured in individual, loan-by-loan transactions, or on a "bulk" basis, in which each loan in a portfolio of loans is individually insured in a single bulk transaction.

Payments we receive from reinsurers under each of our quota share reinsurance transactions if the annual loss ratio is below levels specified in the quota share reinsurance transaction

Residential mortgage-backed securities

Under certain state regulations, the minimum amount of statutory capital relative to risk in force (or similar measure)

Truth in Lending Act

The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the underwriting and operating expenses, net and amortization of DAC of our combined insurance operations (which excludes underwriting and operating expenses of our non-insurance subsidiaries) to net premiums written

Net premiums earned minus incurred losses and underwriting and operating expenses

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Variable interest entity

MGIC Investment Corporation is a holding company which, through Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”), is principally engaged in the mortgage insurance business. We provide mortgage insurance to lenders throughout the United States and to government sponsored entities to protect against loss from defaults on low down payment residential mortgage loans. MGIC Assurance Corporation (“MAC”) and MGIC Indemnity Corporation (“MIC”), insurance subsidiaries of MGIC, provide insurance for certain mortgages under Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “GSEs”) credit risk transfer programs.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of MGIC Investment Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q as prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting and do not include all of the other information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. As used below, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to MGIC Investment Corporation’s consolidated operations or to MGIC Investment Corporation, as the context requires.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements include all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, necessary to fairly state our consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated. The consolidated results of operations for an interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

The substantial majority of our NIW has been for loans purchased by the GSEs. The current private mortgage insurer eligibility requirements ("PMIERs") of the GSEs include financial requirements, as well as business, quality control and certain transactional approval requirements. The financial requirements of the PMIERs require a mortgage insurer’s "Available Assets" (generally only the most liquid assets of an insurer) to equal or exceed its "Minimum Required Assets" (which are based on an insurer's book of risk in force, calculated from tables of factors with several risk dimensions). Based on our application of the PMIERs, as of June 30, 2022, MGIC’s Available Assets are in excess of its Minimum Required Assets; and MGIC is in compliance with the PMIERs and eligible to insure loans purchased by the GSEs.

The aggregate carrying values of our long-term debt obligations and their par values, if different, as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are presented in table 3.1 below.

The 5.75% Senior Notes (“5.75% Notes”), 5.25% Senior Notes (5.25% Notes) and 9% Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures (“9% Debentures”) are obligations of our holding company, MGIC Investment Corporation.

During the first half of 2022, we repurchased $74.9 million in aggregate principal amount of our 9% Debentures at a purchase price of $102.0 million plus accrued interest. The repurchase of 9% Debentures resulted in a $27.2 million loss on debt extinguishment on our consolidated statement of operations and a reduction of approximately 5.7 million shares in our potentially dilutive shares.

The Federal Home Loan Bank Advance (the “FHLB Advance”) was an obligation of MGIC. In the first quarter of 2022, we repaid the outstanding principal balance of the FHLB Advance at a prepayment price of $156.3 million, incurring a prepayment fee of $1.3 million.

In July, we redeemed the outstanding principal balance of the 5.75% Notes at a price of $248.4 million plus accrued interest. The redemption of the 5.75% Notes resulted in a $6.8 million loss on debt extinguishment, which will be recorded in the third quarter of 2022.

See Note 7 - “Debt” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for additional information pertaining to our debt obligations. As of June 30, 2022 we are in compliance with all of our debt covenants.

Interest payments

Interest payments for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 were $29.2 million and $35.2 million, respectively.

At the time the Home Re Transactions were entered into, we concluded that each Home Re Entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). A VIE is a legal entity that does not have sufficient equity at risk to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or is structured such that equity investors lack the ability to make sufficient decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights or do not substantively participate in gains and losses of the entity. Given that MGIC (1) does not have the unilateral power to direct the activities that most significantly affect each Home Re Entity’s economic performance and (2) does not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of each Home Re Entity that could be significant to the Home Re Entity, consolidation of the Home Re Entities is not required.

Before paying an insurance claim, generally we review the loan and servicing files to determine the appropriateness of the claim amount. When reviewing the files, we may determine that we have the right to rescind coverage or deny a claim on the loan (both referred to herein as “rescissions”). In addition, our insurance policies generally provide that we can reduce a claim if the servicer did not comply with its obligations under our insurance policy (such reduction referred to as a “curtailment”). In recent years, an immaterial percentage of claims received have been resolved by rescissions. In the first half of 2022 and in 2021, curtailments reduced our average claim paid by approximately 5.3% and 4.4%, respectively. The COVID-19 related foreclosure moratoriums and forbearance plans decreased our claims paid activity beginning in the second quarter of 2020. It is difficult to predict the level of curtailments once foreclosure activity returns to a more typical level. Our loss reserving methodology incorporates our estimates of future rescissions, curtailments, and reversals of rescissions and curtailments. A variance between ultimate actual rescission, curtailment and reversal rates and our estimates, as a result of the outcome of litigation, settlements or other factors, could materially affect our losses.

When the insured disputes our right to rescind coverage or curtail claims, we generally engage in discussions in an attempt to settle the dispute. If we are unable to reach a settlement, the outcome of a dispute ultimately may be determined by legal proceedings. Under ASC 450-20, until a loss associated with settlement discussions or legal proceedings becomes probable and can be reasonably estimated, we consider our claim payment or rescission resolved for financial reporting purposes and do not accrue an estimated loss. When we determine that a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, we record our best estimate of our probable loss. In those cases, until settlement negotiations or legal proceedings are concluded (including the receipt of any necessary GSE approvals), it is possible that we will record an additional loss.

We are monitoring litigation that involves refunds of mortgage insurance premiums under the Homeowners Protection Act. In one case, we expect to be named as a third-party defendant. We are unable to assess the potential impact of any such litigation at this time. In addition, from time to time, we are involved in other disputes and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. In our opinion, based on the facts known at this time, the ultimate resolution of these ordinary course disputes and legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.